How to Save a Life

(How to save a life)

Step one, you say, "We need to talk"

He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk"

He smiles politely back at you

You stare politely right on through

Where did I go wrong?

I lost a friend

Somewhere along in the bitterness

And I would have stayed up with you all night

Had I known how to save a life

(Did I go wrong?

With you all night

Did I go wrong?

Save a life

Did I go wrong?

With you all night

Did I go wrong?)

How to save a life

Where did I go wrong?

I lost a friend

Somewhere along in the bitterness

And I would have stayed up with you all night

Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best

'Cause after all, you do know best

Try to slip past his defense

Without granting innocence

Lay down a list of what is wrong

These things you've told him all along

And I pray to God he hears you

Yeah, I pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong?

I lost a friend

Somewhere along in the bitterness

And I would have stayed up with you all night

Had I known how to save a life

(Did I go wrong?

With you all night

Did I go wrong?

Save a life

Did I go wrong?

With you all night

Did I go wrong?)

How to save a life

Where did I go wrong?

I lost a friend

Somewhere along in the bitterness

And I would have stayed up with you all night

Had I known how to save a life